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Hey, good morning. Anything new going on today? Let’s see…..NASA crashed a probe into the moon….a car bomb killed 49 people in Pakistan….Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace prize….

Wait a second. Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize? What for? Says here it’s in recognition of “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.”

I’m going to head out into the blogosphere and see what people think of this. But before I do, I just want to say that this is ridiculous. I mean, I’m all in favor of making wingnut heads explode, but the guy’s been in office for slightly less than nine months. That’s barely enough time to make a baby, let alone bring world peace. Shouldn’t the luminaries in Oslo have waited until he had done something more significant than making nice with his former primary opponent before declaring him a man for the ages?

Oh well. Sometimes people do dumb things. At least we get to see wingnut heads explode.

UPDATE: OK, I’ve now spent a few minutes taking in reaction from all corners. Is there anyone who’s defending this choice? Couldn’t they have just given it to Bono instead? At least then maybe we’d get some nice music at the awards ceremony.

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